"By one count, the President offered 23 different rationales for
this war. If his purpose was to confuse and mislead the
American people, he succeeded."
Demo Presidential Candidate John Kerry September 20 2004
A PARTIAL Listing Of Rationales GWB Has Tested
1. War on Terror
2. Prevention of the proliferation of WMD
3. Lack of Inspections
4. Remove Saddam Hussein regime
5. Saddam Hussein is evil
6. Invading Iraq would allow us to gain favor in the Middle
East
7. Example to other terror states
8. Liberate the Iraqi people
9. Broken Promises - Iraq had made commitments to the UN
and the world
10. Revenge for Iraq's attempt on the life of President H.W.
Bush
11. Threat Saddam posed to the region
12. Because We Can - There would be little conflict or
struggle, little price to pay for entering the country, the war
would be easy.
13. Cleaning up unfinished business in Iraq from the first Gulf
War
14. War for Oil - The US' oil interests in the Middle East and
Iraq serve as a reason for wanting to invade the state and
topple its leader.
15. Sake of History - Pres. Bush claimed history had called on
the US to take action against Iraq
16. Disarmament - total elimination of ALL weapons in Iraq
17. Safety of the World - Iraq as a terrorist nation could sell
weapons to other terrorists and thus posed a threat to the
entire world
18. Commitment to the Children - America should give its
children and the world's children a better future.
19. Imminent Threat - The uncertainty of Iraq's weapon power
and future plans.
20. Preserve Peace - Iraq posted a threat to the peace of the
world by its continued terrorist involvement and its increased
tension in the Middle East
21. Threat to Freedom - By oppressing its people and
threatening the world with possible terror acts, freedom was
prevention from spreading through the Middle East and was
lessened in those nations that feared terror in their backyards.
22. Link to al Qaeda
23. Iraq Unique - Rumsfeld declared that Saddam Hussein in
combination with the weapons potential in Iraq made Iraq
different than the other "axis of evil" countries, and therefore
a great immediate threat.
24. Relevance of UN - The UN was put on notice that it would
face illegitimacy if it did not support the cause of the United
States.
25. Iraq had broken international law - Colin Powell said that
violations of UN resolutions broke international laws
established in the UN Charter.
26. Saddam "hopes" to "some day" get WMD (as compared to
he "has" WMD).
27. Saddam had an "ability to work with terrorist
organizations" (as compared to actually "working" with
terrorist organizations).
LINK: In 2001 And 2002 GWB Tried Out Two Dozen
Rationales To Justify Iraq Invasion
American Soldiers DEAD While GWB Tries To Decide
WHY
Since Invasion Began 1,035
Since "Mission Accomplished" 896
Since Devil Saddam Captured 575
Since Iraqi Government "Takeover" 177
LINK: LOOK Into The Faces Of American Soldiers Dead In
Iraq Invasion & Occupation
American Soldiers Wounded 7,125
LINK: READ The HUMAN Stories Of Wounded American
Soldiers
OVER $ 100,000,000,000.00 Of USA Taxpayer Money
Spent On Iraq Invasion And Occupation
LINK: Up To The Minute Money YOU Have Spent For
Iraq Invasion And Occupation
What COULD Have Been Done With These Billions To
Actually PROTECT Americans And USA Homeland?
Center Of American Progress Has Suggestions
"The question lingers: Could the $144.4 billion spent on Iraq
been better used to protect the American people from
terrorist threats? The Center for American Progress offers this
answer."
* $7.5 billion to safeguard our ports. The Coast Guard
estimates that $7.5 billion is needed over 10 years to
implement the requirements of the 2002 Maritime
Transportation Security Act, which aims to protect America's
ports and waterways from a terrorist attack. Since 9/11, the
federal government has allocated less than $500 million to
counter this threat.
* $4 billion to expedite upgrading the Coast Guard fleet.
This investment over the next five years would cut in half the
20-year timetable for replacing and upgrading the Coast
Guard's fleet of cutters, patrol aircraft, and communications
equipment.
* $2 billion to improve cargo security. This would help
cover costs associated with the Cargo Security Initiative,
which deploys customs inspectors to ports around the world
to screen cargo before it goes to the United States.
* $10 billion to protect all U.S. commercial airliners from
shoulder-fired missiles. These systems, based on existing
military technology, would help reduce the danger from the
estimated 100,000 shoulder-fired missiles circulating in the
world's black markets.
* $5 billion to purchase state-of-the-art baggage screening
machines. This would fulfill the Congressional mandate to
install in all commercial airports new systems that integrate
baggage screening and baggage handling. Only eight of the
nation's 440 airports have the new machines, and the
administration has requested only $250 million for equipment
this year.
* $240 million to equip the airports with walk-through
explosive detectors. According to the 9/11 commission, it's
still too easy for passengers with hidden explosives to make it
through airport security.
* $7 billion to put 100,000 police officers the nation's streets.
$7 billion would fully fund for five years the 1996 Community
Oriented Policing Services program, which was designed to
put 100,000 new community police officers on America's
streets. The administration has cut the funding for the
program to $97 million in the proposed FY05 budget.
* $2.5 billion to increase funding for fire departments. This
would double the size of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program for each of the next five years. President Bush
requested only $500 million for FY05, a drop from $750
million in FY04. Money from the program goes for trucks,
protective clothing, hoses, and other equipment.
* $350 million for integrating emergency radio systems
nationwide. Equipment to patch together existing police, fire,
and other public safety radio systems throughout the country
would cost $350 million.
* $3 billion to secure major roads and rails. $3 billion would
secure all the major roads and railways in the nation's largest
metropolitan areas. Improving surveillance, training railway
workers, and developing new explosive detection equipment
would increase passenger safety. The administration has
focused its funding on aviation security, but has provided less
than $200 million in last year's budget.
* $30.5 billion to secure from theft the world's nuclear
weapons-grade material. Securing the world's fissile material
would enormously reduce the chance that lethal
weapons-grade material could be made into nuclear and
radiological weapons. A 10-year $30 billion program would
ensure material security and weapon dismantlement in the
former Soviet Union. Another $500 million would fund a
"global cleanout program," aimed at removing dangerous
nuclear materials from the most vulnerable nuclear sites
worldwide.
* $2.25 billion to expedite the work of the Nunn-Lugar
Threat Reduction program. Doubling this program's budget
each year for the next five years would accelerate
Nunn-Lugar, which has helped deactivate over 6,000 nuclear
warheads in the former Soviet Union and the United States.
The FY04 Defense budget provided only $450 million for the
program.
* $24 billion to add two divisions to the Army. With
commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is
increasingly stretched thin. Two additional divisions could be
added to the Army over the next five years at a cost of $4.8
billion a year. A larger army would help take the pressure off
America's overtapped National Guardsmen and Reservists.
* $15.5 billion to double the number of active-duty troops
in the Special Operations Forces. The United States has
roughly 25,000 Special Operations Forces. These elite military
fighting units played a critical role in Afghanistan and
continue to be highly effective in tracking down terrorists.
Doubling the 25,000 troops in the Special Operations Forces
would cost $7 billion and an additional $8.5 billion would help
maintain the new forces over the next five years.
* $8.6 billion to rebuild Afghanistan. The government of
Afghanistan has said it needs $27.6 billion for reconstruction
activities over the next seven years such as rebuilding
infrastructure, education, health, and disarmament programs.
The country has received to date only $2.9 billion of the $19
billion pledged by the international community. $8.6 billion
over the next seven years would make up this shortfall and
help Afghanistan from reverting to a haven for terrorists.
* $11 billion to buy Afghanistan's opium crop.
Afghanistan's illicit opium drug trade brings in a profit of $2.3
billion each year, much of which goes to fund terrorist
activities. A five-year program to buy Afghanistan's opium
crop would provide initial and continuing funding for farmers
to permanently shift from growing opium to cultivating other
crops or starting microenterprises.
* $10 billion to increase U.S. development assistance to the
neediest countries. The current foreign assistance budget is
$19.27 billion, including foreign military funding and the State
Department's operating budget. $13.8 billion goes to countries
other than Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan. Increasing the
non-military development assistance budget by $10 billion
over the next five years to countries other than Israel, Egypt,
Jordan, and Pakistan, would help improve economic
opportunities, health care, and education worldwide.
* $775 million to dramatically increase public diplomacy.
$775 million would quadruple America's public diplomacy
efforts in the Arab and Muslim world, as well as triple
funding for the National Endowment for Democracy, each
year for the next five years. The United States could use this
funding to build bridges in Arab and Muslim communities
and nations.
LINK: Get The Full Detailed Report On How Money COULD
Have Been Spent To Protect YOU And Your Family
Intuitive*Analysis
Ask Yourself
WHY All This Cost Of Death?
WHY All This Cost Of Human Hardship & Misery?
WHY All This Cost Of Money?
Was There NO OTHER INTELLIGENT WAY?
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